Lemniscomys roseveari

van der Straeten, 1980

Rosevear's Striped Grass Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Lemniscomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

van der Straeten, E. 1980-06-24. A new species of Lemniscomys (Muridae) from Zambia. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 13(5):55-62.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51757622

Original name as described

Lemniscomys roseveari

Other common names

Rosevear's Lemniscomys

Type material

KM 6396

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Balovale (= Zambezi), Zambia, 1015 m.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003094

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lemniscomys roseveari

van der Straeten, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

roseveari

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM 6396

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51757622

Authority publication

Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11494/115103218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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